Two Italian newspapers print Muhammad caricatures
Two right-wing newspapers in Italy today published the 12 caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that are inflaming the Muslim world.
The drawings appeared on the front pages of the Libero daily under the headline “Muhammad rules here”.
La Padania, mouthpiece of the Northern League government party, printed three of the drawings on its front page and the rest inside.
It carried a headline that said: “Islam has already obtained the head of one (newspaper) editor … No one is going to fire me!”
“It is not a challenge, a provocation, but the defence of freedom,” La Padania’s front-page editorial said.
Today’s publication was the first time Italian newspapers printed all of the drawings. During the past week, newspapers have printed some of the cartoons as part of their coverage of the controversy.
